Refrigerating bottle



"Aug, 3 1, 1937.' V Y L T. s'rERlNo- 2,091,723

A REFRIGRATING BOTTLE Find Fb. l1,7.;93'1

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l UNITED STATE 5 Claims.

My invention relates to containers adapted to hold a beverage, and to keep it cool for a considerable length of time, so that it may be prepared in one place and used, after the lapse of some time, in another place.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide such a bottle of cheap materials so that when once used it may be discarded; second, to provide a bottle which may be collapsed, disassembled, folded or rolled and preserved for future use; third, to provide a bottle which maybe shipped fiat in bundles from the factory to the dealer or consumer; fourth, to construct such a bottle of tough, pliable material so that it can not be readily broken, even with rough handling;

fifth, to provide an ice-enclosed bottle which, when empty, may be collapsed and removed from the ice; sixth, to provide an integral closure for such a bottle; seventh, to provide a seal for such bottle closure which may be broken away without damaging the bottle or the closure; and eighth, to provide a means for enclosing an advertising or notice card within the bottle closure, and yet out of p contact with the contents of the bottle. I attain these and other objects by the devices, and arrangements illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in `which Fig. 1 is a verticalcross-section, showing the bottle assembled, frozen, and ready to `receive the beverage; Fig. 2 is a similar view4 with the beverage in the bottle and the closure applied and rsealed thereto; Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section of the. closure cap; and Fig. 4 is a plan view` of the sealed container.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My improved refrigerating `bottle comprises i two separate containers, one within the other,

and separated by a space filled with frozen water or other suitable refrigerant.V Each of these containers is made of a very thin, water-resistant, tough, pliable, transparent material such as cellophane.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen from Fig. 1,` that the inner bottle I is provided with a long, contracted, tubular neck 2, and that the outer container` 3 is provided with a short neck 4. In certain cases the neck 4 of the container 3 may be folded inwards to cover the ice 5 in the neck 4, while in other cases the ice in the neck may be left exposed in order to freeze the hereinafter described cap thereto to` sealY the closure of the bottle. The space G between the bottle I and the container 3 is filled with ice, preferably originally frozen in the space, though cracked ice chips may be used if desired. The

long neck 2 of the inner bottle I extends from the ice in the outer container 3 and, whenr the bottle has been filled with the beverage, this neck 2 is collapsed and folded down to lie outside of the short neck 4 of the outer container 3. Acap of ice (Fig. 2)' is then frozen over the neck 4 of `the outer container 3 to close the bottle, such cap being of such size that the tip or end of the neck 2 protrudes from under the said cap, thereby providing a tab 1 which may be grasped and lifted to break the ice cap off from the bottle,

and thus unseal and open the'bottle.

The ice cap comprises a cup 8 made of the same material as the bottle I and the outer container 3, insideof which a cup 9 made of ice is formed. This outer cup 8, containing the inner `cup of ice 9, is inverted and placed over the short neck 4 of the outer container 3 and on top of the place, thereby effectively sealing the bottle I.

If desired, a small card I0 `may be frozen in the bottom of the outer cup 8, andsaid card may have suitable printed matter thereon, readable l through the bottom of the cup (Fig, 4).

After the bottle I has been emptiedv of the beverage a portion ofthe ice may be removed from the neck 4 and then the bottle I may be collapsed and 'drawm out of the container 3; then the remainder of the ice may be broken up and removed from the container, by pressing on the said container, and both the bottle I and the container 3 may be folded or rolled and kept forfuture use.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention asiilustrated and described herein is in the preferred form but that many variationsmay be made therein without departing from the spirit of myinvention as outlined in the appended claims; the words and terms in the description and claimsbeing chosen for convenience but are` intended to be as' generic in their meaning as the art willpermit. n

Having, therefore, described my invention what vI claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a refrigerating bottle the combination of an inner bottle of pliable material, and adapted to contain the liquid to be cooled; an outer `container enclosing said inner bottle; an ice jacket between said outer container andsald inner bottle; the neck of said inner bottle extending above vthe ice jacket and being folded down over said outer container; `and a cap closing said folded bottle neck.

folded neck 2 of Vthe bottle I ,and is frozen in 20 2. A refrigerating bottle as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cap comprises an inverted cup of ice and is frozen to the ice in the neck of said outer container.

3. A refrigerating bottle as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cap comprises an inverted cup of transparent material enclosing an inverted cup of ice; together with a card frozen in the said ice cup and readably visible through said trans- 10 parent cup. l

4. A refrigerating bottle as set forth in claim LEWIS T. sTERmo. 

